Some tourists were trapped in the eyrie on the mountain peak because of the snowstorm.
一些游客因为暴风雪而被困在了山顶城堡里。
Eagles usually bring their prey back to the eyrie.
老鹰通常会将捕食到的猎物带回高高的鹰巢之中。
We are going to climb to the eyrie to see the sunrise before daybreak.
我们准备在天亮前爬到高处看日出。
There were a few other cars parked close by and some eagles circling, possibly by an eyrie.
附近还停着其他的一些车辆,几只鹰在盘旋着,很可能是绕着一只巢穴。
近义词
n.
nestnidus
释义
n.
a large nest of a bird of prey, especially an eagle, typically built high in a tree or on a cliff
(建于树的高处或峭壁上的)猛禽巢(尤指鹰巢)。
词源
"late 15th cent.: from medieval Latin aeria, aerea, eyria, probably from Old French aire, from Latin area ‘level piece of ground', in late Latin ‘nest of a bird of prey’."